Our Heredity from God: Consisting of Lectures on EvolutionAppleton, 1887 - Всего страниц: 423 |
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... increasing power of the average mind to examine facts and generalize truths . 1. Is it probable that a creator of unlimited power would have created in such a way that not one of his creatures for one moment should be safe from the ...
... increasing power of the average mind to examine facts and generalize truths . 1. Is it probable that a creator of unlimited power would have created in such a way that not one of his creatures for one moment should be safe from the ...
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... increase of knowledge . For instance , gener- ations of musicians work with tireless application and sore toil to master the technique of their art . The tendency is to bring about a family possessed of superior musical talent . At last ...
... increase of knowledge . For instance , gener- ations of musicians work with tireless application and sore toil to master the technique of their art . The tendency is to bring about a family possessed of superior musical talent . At last ...
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... increased force , must be with- drawn from some other ; so that when a bird finds its safety better secured by running than by flying , its wings will be sacrificed to secure in time more powerful legs . A blind man sharpens his other ...
... increased force , must be with- drawn from some other ; so that when a bird finds its safety better secured by running than by flying , its wings will be sacrificed to secure in time more powerful legs . A blind man sharpens his other ...
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... increase of bright colors in nature . If a peculiarly rich color occurs as a slight variation it is sure to get the advantage in propagation . Night flowers have , therefore , nearly all become white or yellow 74 OUR HEREDITY FROM GOD .
... increase of bright colors in nature . If a peculiarly rich color occurs as a slight variation it is sure to get the advantage in propagation . Night flowers have , therefore , nearly all become white or yellow 74 OUR HEREDITY FROM GOD .
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... increase . The animal kingdom and the vegetable depend on each other . If you study fruits , you come to facts of the same sort . Berries , as well as larger fruits , have an object in their re- spective colors . Their first object in ...
... increase . The animal kingdom and the vegetable depend on each other . If you study fruits , you come to facts of the same sort . Berries , as well as larger fruits , have an object in their re- spective colors . Their first object in ...
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Our Heredity from God: Consisting of Lectures on Evolution Edward Payson Powell Полный просмотр - 1887 |
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Стр. 391 - Are God and Nature then at strife, That Nature lends such evil dreams? So careful of the type she seems, So careless of the single life...
Стр. 392 - And he, shall he, Man, her last work, who seem'd so fair, Such splendid purpose in his eyes, Who roll'd the psalm to wintry skies, Who built him fanes of fruitless prayer, Who trusted God was love indeed And love Creation's final law — Tho...
Стр. 391 - Behold, we know not anything; I can but trust that good shall fall At last — far off — at last, to all, And every winter change to spring.
Стр. 391 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Стр. 143 - God of the Granite and the Rose ! Soul of the Sparrow and the Bee ! The mighty tide of Being flows Through countless channels, Lord, from Thee. It leaps to life in grass and flowers, Through every grade of being runs, While from Creation's radiant towers Its glory flames in Stars and Suns.